{
  "id": "2020-12-04-university-of-minnesota-smith-hall-chemical-spill-2020",
  "slug": "university-of-minnesota-smith-hall-chemical-spill-2020-2020-12-04",
  "institution": {
    "name": "University of Minnesota",
    "shortName": "UMN",
    "state": "MN",
    "type": "public-r1",
    "alertSystemName": "SAFE-U"
  },
  "incident": {
    "date": "2020-12-04",
    "type": "hazmat",
    "cleryCategory": "emergency-notification",
    "headline": "Chemical spill at Smith Hall with evacuate and reopen alerts",
    "headlinePublic": "Chemical spill at Smith Hall with evacuate and reopen alerts",
    "summary": "UMN Public Safety posted [2 Safety Notification(s)](https://publicsafety.umn.edu/alerts) for this hazmat incident on 2020-12-04.",
    "outcome": "Official SAFE-U/Dinkytown sequence of 2 message(s) from the public alerts archive.",
    "casualties": {
      "killed": 0,
      "injured": 0
    },
    "resolution": "under-investigation"
  },
  "alerts": [
    {
      "sequence": 1,
      "type": "initial",
      "timestampApprox": "December 4, 2020 at 3:53 PM (UMN publicsafety.umn.edu/alerts)",
      "channel": "multi-channel",
      "verbatimText": "U of M Twin Cities: CHEMICALSPILL/SMITH HALL 207 PLEASANT ST SE..IF YOU ARE IN THIS BUILDING NEED TO EVACUATE IMMEDIATELY AND AVOID THE AREA.... updates and safety tips at z.umn.edu/alerts SAFE-U EMERGENCY",
      "isVerbatimConfirmed": true,
      "sourceUrl": "https://publicsafety.umn.edu/alerts",
      "sourceDescription": "UMN Department of Public Safety Safety Notifications (SAFE-U / Dinkytown)",
      "annotations": [
        "Exact text from official publicsafety.umn.edu/alerts archive page."
      ],
      "characterCount": 205,
      "timestamp": "2020-12-04T15:53:00-06:00"
    },
    {
      "sequence": 2,
      "type": "update",
      "timestampApprox": "December 4, 2020 at 4:15 PM (UMN publicsafety.umn.edu/alerts)",
      "channel": "multi-channel",
      "verbatimText": "U of M Twin Cities: Smith Hall update: Smith Hall is back open and building can be reoccupied. Please avoid Rooms 413 and 417. Updates and safety tips at z.umn.edu/alerts SAFE-U EMERGENCY",
      "isVerbatimConfirmed": true,
      "sourceUrl": "https://publicsafety.umn.edu/alerts",
      "sourceDescription": "UMN Department of Public Safety Safety Notifications (SAFE-U / Dinkytown)",
      "annotations": [
        "Exact text from official publicsafety.umn.edu/alerts archive page."
      ],
      "characterCount": 187,
      "timestamp": "2020-12-04T16:15:00-06:00"
    }
  ],
  "context": "From the official [UMN Safety Notifications archive](https://publicsafety.umn.edu/alerts) on 2020-12-04: 2 transmitted notice(s).",
  "keyFindings": [
    "Verbatim from publicsafety.umn.edu/alerts.",
    "2 confirmed message(s)."
  ],
  "sources": [
    {
      "title": "UMN Safety Notifications (Alerts)",
      "url": "https://publicsafety.umn.edu/alerts",
      "type": "official-archive"
    },
    {
      "title": "UMN Department of Public Safety",
      "url": "https://publicsafety.umn.edu/",
      "type": "official-archive"
    }
  ],
  "confidence": "high",
  "tags": [
    "hazmat",
    "safe-u",
    "minnesota",
    "umn-alerts"
  ],
  "dateAdded": "2026-07-20",
  "lastUpdated": "2026-07-20",
  "addedBy": "ingestion"
}